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Monthly Archives: August 2007

The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 3:58 pm

Christopher & Banks (CBK) Clothing retailer loses CEO. Drops to $11.69 from 52-week high of $31.25.Cost Plus (CPWM) Home furnishing and entertainment products retailer loses CFO and drops guidance. Shares ...
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Apple And NBC War Of The Words

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 3:47 pm

Apple (AAPL) claims that it kicked NBC's programming off of its iTune service because NBC would not agree to pricing. NBC claims that: "We never asked to double the wholesale ...
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The Next Big Question For Dell: Share Buybacks, How Big? (DELL)

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 2:25 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) had seen shares off roughly 1% after the earnings report yesterday on a day where the broader markets are up, although shares are barely lower at the ...
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IPO FILING: Convio, Inc, (CNVO, BLKB)

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 1:19 pm

Convio, Inc. has filed to come public via an IPO under the proposed ticker "CNVO" on NASDAQ.  This Austin, Texas-based NPO software and service operator has a pretty impressive underwriting ...
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IPO FILING: ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. (ARYX, PG)

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 12:05 pm

ARYx THERAPEUTICS, INC. has filed to raise up to $86.25 million in an IPO under the ticker "ARYX" on NASDAQ.  The biotech has secured Morgan Stanley, CIBC World Markets, Jefferies ...
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Bush Home Loan Speech Bombs

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 10:24 am

George Bush promised to do his best. And, that was the main message in his speech on the troubles in the sub-prime market. The address was not even long on ...
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Why Wall St. Doesn’t Like Dell’s Numbers–Laptops

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 9:08 am

Dell (DELL) is not up this morning. Most investors thought it would be. The company reported preliminary results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2008, with revenue of $14.8 ...
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Beazer, Countrywide And The Housing Stock Sucker Rally

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 8:26 am

A number of home mortgage and home building stocks including Beazer (BZH) and Countrywide (CFC) are up ahead of President Bush's speech on what he will do to improve the ...
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Yahoo! To Run At Social Network Business

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 7:15 am

A blog on CNET reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) is pushing into the social network with a product called Kickstart. The new site wil, among other things, connect college students with ...
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Apple (AAPL) Getting Into Ringtone Business

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 7:09 am

According to The New York Post, Apple (AAPL) intends to enter the ringtone business, which has been highly lucrative for cell carriers in Europe and Asia.It is talking to several ...
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Wimax Goes To Japan, Good News For Sprint

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 6:08 am

The huge Japanese cell carrier NTT Docomo (DCM) is investing in a large WiMax deployment in that country.  Japanese ADSL provider Acca Networks will be its partner. Docomo has a ...
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Amazon To Launch Music Store In September

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 5:54 am

The New York Post reports that Amazon (AMZN) will launch its online music store in September. All of the music publishers who hate Apple (AAPL) must be heartened by the ...
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The States Chase Microsoft, Google In Tow

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 5:51 am

The Justice Department seems satisfied that Microsoft (NASD:MSFT) is abiding by its 2002 deal not to act like a huge monopoly laying siege to all of its smaller competitors. Several ...
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Europe Markets 8/31/2007

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 5:43 am

Markets in Europe were higher at 6.40 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .6% to 6,248. BP (BP) was up 1.4% to 558.5. Rio Tinto (RTP) was up 2% to ...
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SEC Pushes Harder On Exec Pay

Posted: August 31, 2007 at 5:34 am

Almost 300 CEOs are getting letters from the SEC. They include the heads of American Express (AXP), GE (GE) and Coca-Cola (KO). The agency wants more details on how their ...
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